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Michael Costello was 'shocked' by claims Leona Lewis was 'humiliated' after a 2014 charity event where she detailed feeling body shamed by the designer in a lengthy post shared to Instagram on Tuesday. 

The 36-year-old singer recalled the terrible event which led to years of mental anguish and 'deep insecurities' as she defended Chrissy Teigen for showing 'sincere remorse' for her bullying past. 

Costello responded with a lengthy Instagram Story where he questioned what went wrong as Leona had tagged him in posts and worn his clothes even after the event, with a recent communication from her team requesting dresses for the American Idol finale in May. 

Michael accused Chrissy and her stylist, Monica Rose, of blacklisting him from the industry which spawned suicidal ideations as the pair went 'out of their way to threaten people and brands that if they were in any shape or form associated with me, they would not work with any of them.'

Sad: Leona Lewis was left 'humiliated' by Michael Costello after he refused to dress her for a charity event in 2014 as she detailed feeling body shamed by the designer in a lengthy post shared to Instagram on Tuesday

In photos from the Go Red For Women The Heart Truth Red Dress Collection at MercedesBenz Fashion Week, Leona was seen wearing a black dress with a blue coat as she sat in the front row instead of participating in the event. 

'I usually don’t speak on subjects like this. But honestly I feel that I have to say something as I’ve dealt with years of insecurity from it,' she wrote in a lengthy post. 'I don’t condone any kind of bully behavior and I’m sorry for what Michael Costello went through. I wanted to share my experience in 2014. 

Leona recalled feeling 'excited' and 'honored' to participate in the event as she flew to New York to participate after being assigned Michael as her designer. 

Forced out: In photos from the Go Red For Women The Heart Truth Red Dress Collection at MercedesBenz Fashion Week, Leona was seen wearing a black dress with a blue coat as she sat in the front row instead of participating in the event

Tough time: The 36-year-old singer recalled the terrible event which led to years of mental anguish and 'deep insecurities' as she defended Chrissy Teigen for showing 'sincere remorse' for her bullying past

Horrible situation: Costello shared a series of texts from Chrissy after he pleaded with her to understand that a racial incident was not in fact accurate and she had no reason to ruin his career, only for Teigen to respond with 'racist people like you deserve to suffer and die. You might as well be dead'; seen in 2018

'When I got to my fitting I was made to feel very awkward and uncomfortable as the dress was a sample size and he/his team clearly did not want to alter it to fit me,' she added. 'This came as a total surprise because weeks prior I was told that they would make the dress work for me. At the next fitting, the night before the show, with no explanation at all, Michael refused to turn up. He no longer wanted to dress me and he abandoned his commitments to me and the show which made me well aware that I wasn’t the body type required.

Lewis was 'so embarrassed and deeply hurt' by his actions and knew 'because I didn’t look like a model size, I was not permitted to walk in his dress.' 

She added: 'I had to sit in the audience and was asked by press why I didn’t walk in the show. I remember having to come up with excuses as I was so humiliated by it all. I feel like I was made to look as though I pulled out and was being difficult and as an affect of those actions I suffered a lot, both personally and professionally. The most hurtful thing is that it was to raise money for charity, and this went against everything we were trying to do.'

In the past: Leona recalled feeling 'excited' and 'honored' to participate in the event as she flew to New York to participate after being assigned Michael as her designer

Awful: Lewis was 'so embarrassed and deeply hurt' by his actions and knew 'because I didn’t look like a model size, I was not permitted to walk in his dress'

'I’m not discounting Michael’s experience as that is an awful thing to go through and I wish him so much love and healing. I’m sure this will come as a shock as I never told him how this made me feel. But the pot calling the kettle black in this situation doesn’t sit right with me,' she wrote

Tag: He responded in detail to the allegations and offered up an apology for any wrong-doing, with hopes of communicating in person

Leona admitted she was 'left with deep insecurities' and 'had to work hard over the years' to love her body once again.

'I know that his designs are catered to women of all sizes now, and I’m glad he saw the light over the years,' she wrote. 'We all make mistakes, I know I have, but at this time I feel that when people apologize (Chrissy) and show sincere remorse and rehabilitation for their actions, we should embrace them and not try and kick them when they’re down.

'I’m not discounting Michael’s experience as that is an awful thing to go through and I wish him so much love and healing. I’m sure this will come as a shock as I never told him how this made me feel. But the pot calling the kettle black in this situation doesn’t sit right with me. Bullying comes in many different forms. We need love, we need accountability, we need forgiveness, none of us are perfect.

'We are trying our best and learning. I’m sorry for anyone who has gone through any kind of bullying, I’m also sorry if I’ve ever hurt anyone without knowing it as I’m sure was the case with Michael.'

He responded in detail to the allegations and offered up an apology for any wrong-doing, with hopes of communicating in person.

Costello told TMZ he's still waiting on an apology from Chrissy, but admitted: 'I do not wish ill on anyone. We are all works in progress and we deserve the opportunity to prove that we can do better. But progress takes time. We must show through actions that we have changed. After all, action speaks much louder than a 10-minute apology written on a notepad.' 

'We are trying our best and learning. I’m sorry for anyone who has gone through any kind of bullying, I’m also sorry if I’ve ever hurt anyone without knowing it as I’m sure was the case with Michael,' she wrote

Not great: Teigen has been the target of backlash since her abusive tweets originally made in 2011 resurfaced online, including one that urged a then 16-year-old Courtney Stodden to kill themselves

Yikes: Chrissy attempted to right a few of her wrongs with an apology shared to Medium on Monday — her first time speaking out since taking a social media hiatus after a host of bullying allegations came to light

Chrissy attempted to right a few of her wrongs with an apology shared to Medium on Monday — her first time speaking out since taking a social media hiatus after a host of bullying allegations came to light.

'Hi all. It has been a VERY humbling few weeks,' she wrote. 'I know I’ve been quiet, and lord knows you don’t want to hear about me, but I want you to know I’ve been sitting in a hole of deserved global punishment, the ultimate "sit here and think about what you’ve done."

She added: 'Not a day, not a single moment has passed where I haven’t felt the crushing weight of regret for the things I’ve said in the past.'

Teigen has been the target of backlash since her abusive tweets originally made in 2011 resurfaced online, including one that urged a then 16-year-old Courtney Stodden to kill themselves.

Lindsay Lohan was also the subject of an insensitive post by Teigen, where a tweet from January 2011 read: 'Lindsay adds a few more slits to her wrists when she sees emma stone.' 

Old tweets from 2013 have also resurfaced in which she described nine-year-old Oscar nominee Wallis as 'cocky' and called Teen Mom star Farrah Abraham, then 21, a 'wh***'.

'Hi all. It has been a VERY humbling few weeks,' she wrote. 'I know I’ve been quiet, and lord knows you don’t want to hear about me, but I want you to know I’ve been sitting in a hole of deserved global punishment, the ultimate "sit here and think about what you’ve done."